Kwame got involved with Afrika Connexions when as a taxi driver listening to the program he decided to drive to the station and meet the guy who was talking about Africans on the radio. It was Paul Thusi on air. Paul never missed an opportunity to get another person involved…
Hailing from Soweto, Paul Vulindlela Thusi not only took over the co-ordination of Afrikan Connexions he was also Radio Skid Row’s Station Manager for ten years. Having fled South Africa after the Soweto Uprising, everyone at Radio Skid Row used to joke about how he ran the station like a…
In 1985, in the first years of Radio Skid Row, Michael Scott started doing an African radio program on the station. Michael went to air late at night doing a show aimed at promoting African music and the popular Afrika Nights gigs in Sydney. Not long after he joined the…
About the Project TeamKween G (interviews and audio production)started her radio career as a teenager on Radio Skid Row. The story goes that her father visited Skid Row as an an Afrika Connexions guest and brought his sons. By the end of the interview Kween G’s brothers were hooked and started…